Anna Karenina: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... wife had taken a collection of Pushkin's prose down from the shelf , thinking that their son Sergei might be old enough to read it . Tolstoy says : The other day , after my work , I picked up this volume of Pushkin and as always ( for ...
... wife had taken a collection of Pushkin's prose down from the shelf , thinking that their son Sergei might be old enough to read it . Tolstoy says : The other day , after my work , I picked up this volume of Pushkin and as always ( for ...
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... wife , husband and lover , the structure of the classic novel of adultery . Tolstoy planned until very late in his work to have the husband grant a divorce and the wife marry her lover . In the end , the renegades were to be rejected by ...
... wife , husband and lover , the structure of the classic novel of adultery . Tolstoy planned until very late in his work to have the husband grant a divorce and the wife marry her lover . In the end , the renegades were to be rejected by ...
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... wife Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna ( Katerina , Kitty , Kátia , Kátenka ) , their third daughter , later wife of Konstantin Levin Karénina , Anna Arkádyevna , née Princess Oblonsky , Stepan Arkadyich's sister Karénin , Alexéi ...
... wife Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna ( Katerina , Kitty , Kátia , Kátenka ) , their third daughter , later wife of Konstantin Levin Karénina , Anna Arkádyevna , née Princess Oblonsky , Stepan Arkadyich's sister Karénin , Alexéi ...
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... wife had found out that the husband was having an affair with their former French governess , and had announced to the husband that she could not live in the same house with him . This situation had continued for three days now , and ...
... wife had found out that the husband was having an affair with their former French governess , and had announced to the husband that she could not live in the same house with him . This situation had continued for three days now , and ...
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... wife had embroidered for him ( a present for last year's birthday ) , and , following a nine - year - old habit ... wife's bedroom but in his study : the smile vanished from his face , and he knitted his brows . ' Oh , oh , oh ! Ohh ...
... wife had embroidered for him ( a present for last year's birthday ) , and , following a nine - year - old habit ... wife's bedroom but in his study : the smile vanished from his face , and he knitted his brows . ' Oh , oh , oh ! Ohh ...
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Alexei Alexandrovich already Anna answer asked began believe better brother brought called carriage coming conversation Countess Darya Alexandrovna dinner doctor Dolly don't door dress especially everything expression eyes face feeling felt gave girl give glad glanced hand happened happy head heard heart horse husband impossible interested it's Kitty knew leave Levin listening live look meaning meeting Moscow mother moved muzhiks never noticed once opened possible prince princess question remembered replied Russian seemed seen Sergei Ivanovich showed side sitting situation smile soul speak standing Stepan Arkadyich steps stood stopped suddenly talk tell there's thing thought told took trying turned understand understood voice Vronsky waiting walked wanted whole wife wish woman young